Display-stand



(No Model.)

P. M.v WILSON.

DISPLAY STAND.

No. 393,873. Patented Dec. 4. 1888.

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UNITED STATES i PATENT OFFICE.

FRANCIS M. VILSON, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

DISPLAY-STAND.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 393,873, dated December4, 1888.V

` Application Vfiled October 15,1888. Serial No. 288,078. (No model.)

'To all whom t may concern;

Boston, in the county of Suffolk, State of Massachusetts, have inventeda certain new and useful Improvement in Display Stands, of which thefollowing is a description sufficiently full, clear, and exact to enableany person skilled in the art or science to which said inventionappertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in whichFigure l is a side elevation of my improved stand represented as inposition for use; and Fig. 2, an enlarged vertical transverse sectiontaken on line a in Fig. l, the base and arms being removed.

Like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the differentfigures of the drawings.

. My invention relates to that class of stands which are particularlyadapted for use in displaying hats and similar articles; and it consistsin certain novel features, as hereinafter fully set forth and claimed,the object being to produce a more effective and otherwise desirabledevice of this character than is now in ordinary use. y i

The nature and operation of the improvement will be readily understoodby all conversant with such matters from the following explanation:

In the drawings, A represents the stand proper, which consists of aflaring weighted base, d, in which is detachably disposed avertically-arranged rod or standard, b, said rod being held in positionin said base by `a thumbscrew, f. A short sleeve, g,is secured on the yrod b by means of a set-screw, h. A tube, B, is disposed on the rod band is fitted t0 slide vertically on the sleeve g, said tube beingprovided on its outside with an annular flange, f1', bywhich. it may bereadily manipulated. A stiff coiled spring, lo, is disposed around therod b within the tube B, the lower end of said spring resting on thesleeve g, its upper end being engaged by retaining-screws Z,whichproject horizontally inward through said tube and retain the spring inposition therein, said spring acting eXpansively to force said tubeupward. A short tube, fm, is disposed on the top of the rod b andsecuredthereto by a setscrew, p. The upper portion of the tube m is bisectedvertically, forming arms q, two upwardly-curved transversely-projectingarms,

r, being pivoted in the arms q on a pin, t. A lever, t, is pivoted byone end to the inner end of each arm r, the lower ends of said leversbeing pivoted on opposite sides of the tube B. On the outer or free endof each arm r is secured a transversely-arranged bar or holder, z.

In the use of my improvement the flange t' on the tube B is grasped andsaid tube forced downward over the sleeve g against the pressure of thespring 7e'. This draws downward the pivoted levers t and causes the freeends of the arms to approach each other, assuming Y the position shownby the dotted lines in Fig. 1. This permits a hat, bonnet, or similararticle to be readily disposed on the holder z, after which the tube Bis released and is forced upward by the spring k, thereby causing thearms r to separate and the holders z to be forced outward against theinner sides of the hat.

It will readily be seen that my device permits the article to be placedat any desired angle on the holders and securely retains it in position.

l do not confine myself to using the screws Zfor retaining the springsla, as the tube B may be constructed with an inwardly-proj ecting studor ange in its upper portion, which will serve equally as well; nor do lconfine myself to employing the short tube m, as it may be entirelydispensed with and the arms lr pivoted directly in the top of the rod b.

Having thus explained my invention, what I claim is- 1. The combinationof a vertical standard, a tube iitted to slide on said standard, aspring acting expansively to force said tube upward,transversely-projecting arms pivoted to the top of said standard, andpivoted levers connecting the inner ends of said arms with said tube,whereby the free ends of the arms may be brought together as said tubeis forced downward, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination of a vertical standard, a sleeve secured on saidstandard, a tube fitted to slide on said sleeve, a coiled spring restingon said sleeve within said tube and act IOO ing expansively to force thesaine upward, transverselvprojeeting arms pivoted to the top 0f saidstandard and provided with holders on their outer ends, and leverspivoted to said tube and the inner ends of said arms, wliereb)v saidarms are actuated as said tube is moved, substantiall;v as described.

3. In a displa vstand, the combination of a base provided with avertical standard, a sleeve detaehabl)` secured on said standard, a tubetitted to slide on said sleeve, a coiled spring' disposed around saidstandard within the tube and aeting expansivel) to t'oree said tubeupward, a short:` tube detaehalily secured to the top of said standard,transverse]y-projeeting arms pivoted in said short tube, and g leverspivot'ed to said spring-aet'uated tube andthe inner ends ot' said arms,subsmntiallj.v as and for the purpose set forth.

arms, all beingl arranged tio operate substan- 3o tially s described.

vFRANCIS Bl. 'ILSON.

Yitnessem O. M. SHMV, E. M. SPINNEY.

